From the editor: Questions mounting for tired and beleaguered Government

That the country needs coherent solutions to the structural problems it faces around labour and creaking supply chains is nothing new. Whether it has a Government fit enough to deliver such solutions is another matter altogether.

Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as 草榴社区 Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.

17 December 2021 鈥� 2 min read

That the country needs coherent solutions to the structural problems it faces around labour and creaking supply chains is nothing new. Whether it has a Government fit enough to deliver such solutions is...

Wildfire warning issued for farming communities in Scotland

Last year's wildfires in Carrbridge and Dava had covered approximately 11,827 hectares of moorland and woodland in what was the country's largest wildfire event

Chris Brayford

20 March 2026 鈥� 1 min read

Farm Life

OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

As LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) encourages farmers to open their gates for Open Farm Sunday on June 7, 草榴社区 Guardian's editorial director Olivia Midgley reflects on the quiet but powerful influence such encounters can have on the public

Olivia Midgley

19 March 2026 鈥� 2 min read

Farm Life

Rural poverty 'overlooked and misunderstood' by policymakers, report finds

Rural communities have been overlooked by successive Governments, the report says, with assumptions that they are areas assumed to be 'prosperous, politically peripheral, or resistant to change'

Chris Brayford

19 March 2026 鈥� 8 min read

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